SEASON'S GREETINGS!

Been so super hectic - posting here and there as I can - missing the connection that blogging brings.

Hope all had a wonderful Christmas and here's to some happy holidays and a wonderful, peaceful & joyful 2010.

Above are snippets of my Christmas Day - presents and my darling Rose (first photo via morning light in my room).

I forgot to take a photo of the Christmas lunch this year (such a shame) but I did a high tea - lots of finger sandwiches! What did you do?

~

"Gris Clair"

Stunning fragrance I discovered in Mecca Cosmetica this week - love, love, love this.

So lavender, so ashy, so completely unusual.
Such full, rounded notes that take me to the sea
where I find myself sitting close to a fire.

Here you can read about the man that created this little heavenly piece, Serge Lutens.

Christmas Tree...

...I made for Christmas cosmetics event this week.

I used
painted cork (which Perrotts Florist kindly supplied),
a gorgeous striped pot (I had tucked away from Ikea),
some shredded recycled paper,
tinsel (which I shaped into round halos)
and little white bags (to place cosmetics inside).

~

Red Rose Bouquets

Red Roses I made for cosmetics runway
in David Jones this week.

In the Prettiness I Find...

In the Prettiness I Find..., originally uploaded by Trinkets & Roses.

a little something for you (& me).

In LOVE with...

Picturesque cottage in Bardon, Brisbane ~
just so perfect...

has my heart this one.

Today I feel...

LIKE THIS.

Imparting Beauty

Paris rainbow, originally uploaded by Lancome Photos.

Rainbow across the Parisian sky.

A little investment of mine...

How could I resist?
I really should of but I didn't.

Just purchased from the beautiful
Ruby & Rose Interiors Online Emporium

33...

photograph by andrea pun

today.

Reminiscing...one year on.

Scott & I celebrated our

First Year Anniversary

today!

...oh how the year has flown.

"Love, then, hath every bliss in store; 'Tis friendship, and 'tis something more. Each other every wish they give; Not to know love is not to live"

words...

Words for the
most part
are overrated

but sometimes

they are needed
more than the air we breathe
and the water we drink.

~Janmaree

There are times...

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TO HOLD OPEN A DOOR. TO SURRRENDER YOUR SEAT. TO THANK SOMEONE IN WRITING. TO LET BYGONES BE GONE. TO REMEMBER YOUR PARENTS. TO LISTEN WITH CARE. TO SURPRISE WITH A GIFT. TO MIND YOUR TABLE MANNERS. TO HONOUR TRADITION. TO GIVE VOICE TO YOUR HEART.

TIFFANY & CO.

Grateful for...

the cool
wind
through
my hair
as I exited the train;

customers,
like good friends
making sure they said
hello
before leaving the store;

my little
puppy,
Bon Bon
greeting me with such zest
and warmth;

a telephone message
from my sweet bee,
Rose.

the heart...

Her heart is in tatters

and

each day

she goes through the

miserable task of trying to

........................................revive.........................................

her heart

and convince her (heart)

she won't always be
alive

but she (her heart) is longing for somewhere else,

a place she knew was more
perfect.

She keeps hoping things will get better,

She keeps saying life was better before.

Her mind gets frustrated by her (heart),

which needs her
to let go.

Her body tires from the constant fight.

She lays her head down
to sleep,

her heart still pines and on her battle goes.

~Janmaree

Making Meaning

I need to believe things happen for a reason......................


............................life doesn't make much sense otherwise.


~Janmaree

L O V E L Y

A beautiful soft room with such pretty, delicate yet statement-making floral pieces. I adore the pale pink knitted blanket too.

Lovely image to find at the end of a long working week...

Thank you Ada & Darcy for the sweet inspiration ~ image originally from Country Style.